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Neomorphotis comta

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy

Spondylus comtus was named by Goldfuss (1863). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Prospondylus comtus by Wysogorski (1903) and Newton (1923); it was recombined as Neomorphotis comta by Friesenbichler et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. comptus, N. spinosa

Synonyms

Pseudomonotis beneckei was named by Bittner (1901).

It was synonymized subjectively with Neomorphotis compta by Posenato (2008); it was recombined as Eumorphotis beneckei by Hofmann and Hautmann (2013) and Hofmann et al. (2015); it was synonymized subjectively with Neomorphotis comta by Friesenbichler et al. (2019).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1863	Spondylus comtus Goldfuss
1901	Pseudomonotis beneckei Bittner p. 574 figs. Pl 23, fig 5
1903	Prospondylus comtus Wysogorski
1923	Prospondylus comtus Newton
2013	Eumorphotis beneckei Hofmann and Hautmann p. 563 fig. 11G,H
2015	Eumorphotis beneckei Hofmann et al. fig. 4A
2019	Neomorphotis comta Friesenbichler et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Aviculopectinoidei	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Aviculopectinoidea	Meek and Hayden 1864
family	Aviculopectinidae
genus	Neomorphotis	Bittner 1901
species	comta	()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Neomorphotis comta Goldfuss 1863

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Invalid names: Pseudomonotis beneckei Bittner 1901 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-10-05 04:31:45

Modified:

2007-10-05 06:31:45

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Fassanian or 251.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	China (Sichuan)	Eumorphotis beneckei (98559)
Smithian	251.3 - 247.2	USA (Utah)	Eumorphotis beneckei (156013 156018 156103 156107)
Smithian	251.3 - 247.2	Italy	Eumorphotis beneckei (165140)
Spathian	251.3 - 247.2	Italy	Eumorphotis beneckei (115791)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	Croatia	Pseudomonotis beneckei (212710 212711)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Pseudomonotis beneckei (211748)
Olenekian	251.2 - 247.2	Croatia (Split-Dalmatia)	Pseudomonotis beneckei (211741)
Bithynian	247.2 - 242.0	Romania	Neomorphotis comta (197722)
Pelsonian	247.2 - 242.0	Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige)	Neomorphotis compta (81493 81496)
Middle Triassic	247.2 - 237.0	Germany (Bayern)	Spondylus comtus (201350)
Fassanian	242.0 - 235.0	Tunisia	Eumorphotis beneckei (203923)
Late/Upper Triassic	237.0 - 201.4	Singapore	Prospondylus comtus (202320)